Department, Hindi, under production – To be released in 2012, this latest film from producer Ram Gopal Varma explores the internal dynamics of a police department and the rivalry between the two top encounter specialists. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Rana Daggubati.

Bollywood producer Ram Gopal Varma has been making movies for nearly a decade on Mumbai’s “encounter specialists,” local lingo for the cops who fought the underworld in the late 1990s and early 2000s, killing hundreds of people in shootouts. This post accompanies a front-page article by WSJ Mumbai reporter Geeta Anand on corruption in India’s police force published today.

Mr. Varma released his first film about encounter killings in 2004, “Ab Tak Chhappan,” or, “56 So far,” a reference to the cop hero’s killing acumen.

And Mr. Varma plans this year to release another movie on encounter specialists called “Department.” Read More »

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